2010-2011 Catalog
Criminal Justice A.A.S.
The Criminal Justice A.A.S. Degree is designed for students seeking a career in Criminal Justice. Whether you want to become an emergency dispatcher, a victim/witness assistant, lawyer, probation/parole officer or a law enforcement officer, this program is a great place to start. The curriculum is strong, diverse and provides an excellent opportunity to see the criminal justice system as it actually functions, not how televisions portrays it.
Students transferring to a four-year College or university should select their elective courses only after consulting with the program Advisor to facilitate the transferability of coursework. Please contact Christine Swenson at 303.797.5980 or christine.swenson@arapahoe.edu to make an appointment.
Students should have the ability to produce work above the developmental level to be successful in this program. This means students must have ACCUPLACER reading scores of 80+ and writing scores of 95+ or ACT/SAT scores that are equivalent.
| General Education Courses | (15 credit hours) | |
| COM 115 | Public Speaking OR | |
| COM 125 | Interpersonal Communication OR | |
| COM 225 | Organizational Communication | 3 credits |
| ENG 121 | English Composition I | 3 credits |
| ENG 122 | English Composition II | 3 credits |
| PSY 101 | General Psychology I OR | |
| PSY 102 | General Psychology II | 3 credits |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits | |
| Choose from: CIS 118, ENG 131, SOC 101, SOC 102, SPA 111, SPA 112, or any other foreign language course numbered 111, 112, 211, 212 | ||
| Major Courses | (27 credit hours) | |
| CRJ 110 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 credits |
| CRJ 125 | Law Enforcement Operations | 3 credits |
| CRJ 135 | Judicial Function | 3 credits |
| CRJ 145 | Correctional Process | 3 credits |
| CRJ 205 | Principles in Criminal Law | 3 credits |
| CRJ 210 | Constitutional Law | 3 credits |
| CRJ 220 | Human Relations/Social Conflict | 3 credits |
| CRJ 230 | Criminology | 3 credits |
| CRJ 236 | CRJ Research Methods | 3 credits |
| Restricted Courses | (18 credit hours) | |
| All students must select electives from courses with the prefixes of: ACC, CIS, CRJ, CSC, EMS, PAR, SPA or any other General Education (GTpathways) course. | ||
| Physical Education* | (1 credit hour) | |
| PED activity course | 1 credit | |
| Total | 61 credit hours | |
| *The PED requirement will be waived for students who are 35 years of age or older at the time of most recent admission to the College. Appropriate credit must be taken to substitute for the hour waived. | ||